How Does Your Garden Grow??????

[too larry]

Heck yeah @too larry ..that's pretty damn good... If u had a heat light in the Hole before hand and kept it covered i bet it would raise as much as 5 degrees throughout the night.... Thanks for doing that man... I want to start some work asap.. But we got a hell of a snow storm back up in the Appalachians.. I can't wait for spring blah

That was with no solar help. I didn't lay the glass down until after sunset. Just a little bit of sun really jacks it up.

Weather is a bitch on the AT this year. Several hikers already off the trail with cold weather related injuries. One group has been laid up in Gatlinburg for five days. And a Smokey Mountain permit is only good for 8 days. Not sure if they will have to pay another 20 bucks for a new permit or not.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

well tell them i don't have room for them at my house.
its not a good time of year to be on the trails here yet, its still cold as hell on top of leconte. we had a little snow the last three days, and while it's supposed to warm up a little, it's supposed to start raining when it does
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=35.73&lon=-83.49

i'd recommend the same date to start hiking as i would to start planting...tax day

 

[Sour Wreck]

@GoRealUhGro, this morning at 0745 it was 30F air temp, and 42F in the hole. I covered it at sundown, laying the glass flat.

That’s bad ass

 

[GoRealUhGro]

Yea.. Def not good weather to be hiking here atm either.. I was about to go out and dig a few hundred lbs of ramps right before the storm hit... I usually hike into the mtn behind the house to a huge patch and pack em out.. Good exercise

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

damn it, i love ramps, but i can't eat them any more, they give me hart burn so bad i can't stand it. they have a ramp festival here every spring, make about everything you can make out of them, but i can't participate anymore....

 

[GoRealUhGro]

damn it, i love ramps, but i can't eat them any more, they give me hart burn so bad i can't stand it. they have a ramp festival here every spring, make about everything you can make out of them, but i can't participate anymore....

Ramp festival?? I thought we were the only state that had one lol... Where abouts u from... And yea.. Iv even drank ramp shine... Two things i love... But a terrible combo lol... All the local pizza joints make ramp pizza..restaurants make ramp jam..i make powdered ramps for seasoning.
Its easy to make and good shit

 

[too larry]

well tell them i don't have room for them at my house.
its not a good time of year to be on the trails here yet, its still cold as hell on top of leconte. we had a little snow the last three days, and while it's supposed to warm up a little, it's supposed to start raining when it does
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=35.73&lon=-83.49

i'd recommend the same date to start hiking as i would to start planting...tax day

Yea.. Def not good weather to be hiking here atm either.. . . . . .

Folks are starting the AT earlier every year. Several left Springer on New Years Day this year. But they are on and off the trail. They did is so they could finish before Katahdin closes for the year without flip flopping.

I want to do a SKT attempt. Slowest Known Time. Start one minute after midnight on New Year's Day. Finish one minute before midnight on New Year's Eve. It would have to be a flip flop though. Due to the nature of. . . . well, nature. I've done the math. If I average 8 miles a day {which is right in my wheelhouse} I could have 91 zeros. 92 if it was a leap year.

I think I could run home in a rental car and tend my {herb} garden 3-4 times during the year. As long as weather did alright, I could make a harvest.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

if you're going to start on this end in january, you better bring some snow shoes, on top of leconte they usually have a couple of feet all winter, and temps about 30 degrees below what we have down at the bottom

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Ramp festival?? I thought we were the only state that had one lol... Where abouts u from... And yea.. Iv even drank ramp shine... Two things i love... But a terrible combo lol... All the local pizza joints make ramp pizza..restaurants make ramp jam..i make powdered ramps for seasoning.
Its easy to make and good shit

in Tn. actually in sevier county, thats why i know it's not a good time to be hiking here. they could make some time today and tomorrow, supposed to start raining tomorrow night and be hit and miss most of the next week

 

[GoRealUhGro]

Folks are starting the AT earlier every year. Several left Springer on New Years Day this year. But they are on and off the trail. They did is so they could finish before Katahdin closes for the year without flip flopping.

I want to do a SKT attempt. Slowest Known Time. Start one minute after midnight on New Year's Day. Finish one minute before midnight on New Year's Eve. It would have to be a flip flop though. Due to the nature of. . . . well, nature. I've done the math. If I average 8 miles a day {which is right in my wheelhouse} I could have 91 zeros. 92 if it was a leap year.

I think I could run home in a rental car and tend my {herb} garden 3-4 times during the year. As long as weather did alright, I could make a harvest.

My buddy hiked and lived on the Appalachian trail for a long time... I want to do something like hike it one day but iv never really been one for hiking trails..i have dont get me wrong.. But i like to just get somewhat lost..in a manner of speaking

 

[too larry]

I would start on Springer Mountain in Georgia. Walk north to Harper's Ferry, then flip to Mount Katahdin and walk south back to Harper's Ferry.

 

[too larry]

My buddy hiked and lived on the Appalachian trail for a long time... I want to do something like hike it one day but iv never really been one for hiking trails..i have dont get me wrong.. But i like to just get somewhat lost..in a manner of speaking

I've spent all my life walking in the woods trying not to leave trails. Being able to walk on one that is marked and maintained, just to make it easier is like looking at titties. It doesn't get old.

 

[GoRealUhGro]

I've spent all my life walking in the woods trying not to leave trails. Being able to walk on one that is marked and maintained, just to make it easier is like looking at titties. It doesn't get old.

Lolol agreed.. I like it a lot.. But in my personal preference i like to hit the woods and be able to say or think the last people to be through here were Indians lol

 

[too larry]

Lolol agreed.. I like it a lot.. But in my personal preference i like to hit the woods and be able to say or think the last people to be through here were Indians lol

That would be neat. I do lots of wood walking, but it's mostly right here around the farm. The AT is getting crazy crowded. There are folks who interview hikers for You Tube, and they always ask why are you hiking the AT? I would have to tell them I had been spending too much time by myself in the woods and came to meet people.

 

[GoRealUhGro]

That would be neat. I do lots of wood walking, but it's mostly right here around the farm. The AT is getting crazy crowded. There are folks who interview hikers for You Tube, and they always ask why are you hiking the AT? I would have to tell them I had been spending too much time by myself in the woods and came to meet people.

Lolol id have to fuck w em... Id probably say my leader sent me out to recruit or some shit

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

they tick me off sometimes. this is a tourist area, but sometimes theres just too god damn many of them. the part of the park where you get on the AT here is called "the greenbrier", most of it runs along the little pigeon river, then turns at the parking lot for the trail, and goes a good way longer on dirt, crossing 3 or 4 smaller creeks. the whole thing is close to 5 miles long, with lots of places to park. it used to be my favorite place to go in the park. last year i tried to go several times, and couldn't find a place to park. every spot in the entire place was taken, and they were all out walking along the road......i went all the way to the end of the road, a little dirt turn around and there were two cars wedged into it so i had to back up for about a 1/4 of a mile till i got to a spot just wide enough to turn in. i go there way up into the boonies to get away from tourists, and there the fuckers are, with their gps and water bottles.....

 

[too larry]

Lolol id have to fuck w em... Id probably say my leader sent me out to recruit or some shit

Seven, from Hiker Trash Videos was the first to really do this on You Tube. One kid said, "I'm here to fuck hippy chicks."

 

[GoRealUhGro]

Seven, from Hiker Trash Videos was the first to really do this on You Tube. One kid said, "I'm here to fuck hippy chicks."

I think we would be friends

 

[too larry]

they tick me off sometimes. this is a tourist area, but sometimes theres just too god damn many of them. the part of the park where you get on the AT here is called "the greenbrier", most of it runs along the little pigeon river, then turns at the parking lot for the trail, and goes a good way longer on dirt, crossing 3 or 4 smaller creeks. the whole thing is close to 5 miles long, with lots of places to park. it used to be my favorite place to go in the park. last year i tried to go several times, and couldn't find a place to park. every spot in the entire place was taken, and they were all out walking along the road......i went all the way to the end of the road, a little dirt turn around and there were two cars wedged into it so i had to back up for about a 1/4 of a mile till i got to a spot just wide enough to turn in. i go there way up into the boonies to get away from tourists, and there the fuckers are, with their gps and water bottles.....

That is a popular section for day and section hikers. They clog up the shelters, leave trash in the fire pits and are just a general pain in the ass. Thru hikers say they can smell them a mile away. I don't know as I've never been on the trail longer than 4 days.

 

[GoRealUhGro]

The longest iv ever straight hiked was about 2 weeks going through the main mtn range.. I stayed in thw woods when i was 18 for about 5 1.2 6 mo... I did come out now and again.. And i was alone... The longest i stayed w.o "emerging" lol was about 3 1.2 weeks